Editor's Picks

A merica's Web site now features a range of Web-only content, from podcasts and videos, to television and film reviews and book discussions. Here are some of our favorite selections from the last few months.

What does Barack Obama have in common with Vatican II? More than you'd think, according to John W. O'Malley S.J.

At Ascension Church in New York City, the demand for an evening Mass lead to a unique liturgy using jazz music. Watch "The Birth of a Jazz Mass," produced by Matthew Moll.

"30 Rock" may not be a hit, but everyone loves creator Tina Fey. Read Jake Martin's review of the NBC TV show.

Author Robert Sullivan introduces the Henry David Thoreau you don't know on our podcast.

Kings and queens are back on Broadway in a big way. Why the fascination with monarchy? Rob Weinert-Kendt weighs in.

"A Man for All Seasons," Matt Malone’s six-part review of HBO’s "John Adams’s" miniseries.

"Hipster Orthodoxy," Sean Dempsey, S.J., on the rock ’n roll theology of the rock band The Hold Steady.

"Memories of Fr. Pedro Arrupe," Vincent O’Keefe, S.J., Fr. Arrupe’s former assistant, remembers the former Jesuit general on the 100th anniversay of his birth. A special video feature.

"Debating ’The Camden 28,’" a scholar and an activist discuss a film about a famous episode in the history of the Catholic Left. With James T. Fisher and Ned Murphy, S.J.

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